Accounts-- Memo by Benjamin Chew, Jr. for his father for a burial and coffin of Nelly, a potential slave, 1808
Item
- Title
- Accounts-- Memo by Benjamin Chew, Jr. for his father for a burial and coffin of Nelly, a potential slave, 1808
- Description
- Small memo found within larger account by Benjamin Chew, Jr. for his father, presumably from the same year of 1808. The memo records payment of $23.80 for the burial of "Nelly", a possible slave, and $10 to D. Evans for a coffin. There is also a payment to "Hickey" for "hir[ing] of the load" for $2.50.
- Type
- text
- Creator
- Chew, Benjamin, 1758-1844
- Date Created
- 1808
- Format
- manuscript
- Is Part Of
- Chew family papers (2050) | Box 211 | Folder 2
- Spatial Coverage
- Philadelphia (Pa.)
- Subject
- Slavery--United States--History |Chew family
- Extent
- 3 pages
- Language
- eng
- Rights
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- Item sets
- Chew Family Papers
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